![]() ![]() ![]() She also wrote and illustrated The Baby Hanyeo Okrang Goes to Dokdo, A Day with My Grandpa, and My Mother Kang Geumsun. Her graphic novels include The Song of My Father, Jiseul, and Kogaeyi, which have been translated and published in France. Tacking on a brief but sincere apology for having now idea how to pronounce anything besides English (which I also fail at from time to time) Gendry-Kim’s official bio is as follows: “born in the town of Goheung in Jeolla Province, a town famous for its beautiful mountains and sea. It helps that her art style is very emotive and poetic, so she can express the feelings of what is going on without showing what is being described in the dialog. Having said all of that, I did really appreciate the way that Gendry-Kim covers all of these events in a hard and honest way but not in a way that is graphic. ![]() ![]() As a biography of a Korean Comfort Woman the story weaves through extreme poverty, human trafficking, sexual and not sexual violence, and all of it is initially about someone who hasn’t even hit puberty. Other important facts about the book are it was published in 2019 by Drawn & Quarterly.Īs far as content warning goes, there’s a lot. I’m counting it for Manga Hoarder’s 49th challenge of 2019. Hello everyone, my name is Meepelous and this is Literally Graphic.Īnd today we are looking at the biography graphic novel Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. ![]()
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